Message #1138 - WICCA 
   Date: 09-01-96 11:52
   From: Durwydd Mac Tara
     To: Robert Klaus
Subject: [2/3] Looking For Info.
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between a given effect and it's cause. Subsidiary to this is the Law of
Three, which states that whatever goes forth must return threefold, whether
of good or ill; for our actions affect more than people generally realize,
and the resulting reactions are also part of the harvest. 

4. As Above, So Below.  That which exists in the Macrocosm exists, on
a smaller scale and to a lesser degree, in the Microcosm.  The powers
of the universe exist also in the human, though in general instance they
lie dormant.  The powers and abilities can be awakened and used if the
proper techniques are practiced, and this is why initiates of the
Mysteries are sworn to guard the secrets from the unworthy: Much harm
can be done by those who have power without responsibility, both to
others and to themselves according to the Laws of Cause and Effect and
of Threefold Return. 

  a) Since our philosophy teaches that the universe is the 
  physical manifestation of the Divine, there can be 
  nothing in the universe which does not partake of the 
  nature of the Divine; hence, the powers and attributes 
  of the Divine exist also in the manifest, though to much 
  smaller degree.

  b) These powers can be awakened through the various
  techniques of the Mysteries, and, although they are only 
  capable of small effects in and of themselves, it is 
  possible to use them in order to draw upon the forces of 
  the universe.  Thus humanity can be the wielders of the 
  power of the Gods, a channel for Godhead to act within 
  It's own manifestation.  This, many feel, is further reason
  for the oath of secrecy. 

  c) Since the universe is the body of the One, possessing 
  many of the same attributes as the One, it's Laws must be the
  principles through and by which the One operates.  By 
  reasoning from the known to the unknown, one can learn 
  of the Divine, and thus of oneself.  By experiencing the Mysteries
  a person can truly LEARN more about the One. Thus the Craft is a
  natural religion as well as a MYSTERY religion, seeing in Nature
  the expression and revelation of Divinity.

5. We know that everything in the universe is in movement or vibration
and is a function of that vibration. Everything vibrates; all things
rise and fall in a tidal system that reflects the motion inherent in the
universe and also in the atom.  Matter and energy are but two poles of one
continuous phenomenon. Therefore the Witch celebrates, harmonizes with, and
makes use of the tides of the universe and of life as expressed through the
cycle of the seasons and the motion of the solar system.  These ritual
observances are the eight great Festivals of the Year, referred to as the
Wheel of the Year.  Further, the Witch works with the forces and tides of the
Moon, for this body is the mediator of much energy to our planet Earth and
thus to ourselves. 

6.   Nothing is dead matter in the universe.  All things exist,
therefore all things live, though perhaps in a different manner from
that which we are used to calling life.  In view of this, the Witch
knows that there is no true death, only change from one condition to
another. The universe is the body of Godhead, and therefore 
possesses one transcendent consciousness; all things partake of the
consciousness, in varying levels of trance/awareness. 

  a) Because of this principle, all things are sacred to 
  the Witch, for all partake of the one Life. 

  b) Therefore the Witch is a natural ecologist, for Nature 
  is part of us as we are a part of Nature. 

7.   Throughout the development of the human race, civilizations have
seen and worshipped many and various attributes of the Divine.  These
universal forces have been clothed in forms which were expressive to the
worshipper of the attribute of the Godhead which they expressed. Use of these
symbolic representations of the natural and divine forces of the universe,
or god forms, is a  potent method for contacting and utilizing the forces
they represent. Thus the Gods are both natural and truly divine, and man-made
in that the forms with which they are clothed are products of humanity's
striving to know the Godhead. 

  a) In keeping with the Law of Polarity, these god-forms 
  are brought into harmony by the one great Law which 
  states:  All Gods are one God.  All Goddesses are one 
  Goddess.  There is one Initiator.  This law is an 
  expression of our understanding that all of the forces of 
  the universe, by whatever ethnic god-form is chosen to 
  clothe and relate to whichever force, can be resolved 
  into the fundamental polarity of the Godhead, the Great 
  Mother and the All-Father. 

  b) It is the use of differing god forms, of differing 
  ethnic sources or periods, which is the basis of many of 
  the differences between the various Traditions of the 
  Craft. Each Tradition uses the forms, and thus the names, 
  which to that Tradition best express and awaken an 
  understanding of the force represented, according to the 
  areas of emphasis of the Tradition. 

  c) Because we know that differing names or 

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